Pork roast with apple mustard glaze! Amazing flavor!

tarheelmatt

Got about a 4lb pork roast.  Seasoned with salt and pepper.  Seared in dutch oven on egg.  Added onion, green pepper, carrot, and garlic.  Cooked around 2 hours until about 160°.  Glaze was apple juice, spicy brown mustard, soy sauce, brown sugar, worcheshire sauce, salt, pepper, and red pepper flake.  Cooked roast for about one hour without touching it at 375°.  Next hour I hit the roast with the glaze mix every 15 minutes.  

Cooked this Sunday for tonight.  No plating pictures :(

After sear and added veggies...

Better look....

Applying the glaze...

She is done....

Oh so smooth.....

SteveWPBFL

Bowser! Did you impart any smoke to it as well? What did you do with the drippings that many of us otherwise let fall to the drip pan? Looks amazing!

johnmitchell

Looks awesome..Nice twist and change from the usual pork cooks we do..Looks damn good from here..I will be interested on your take.

Dawnl

That looks awesome!  Have been meaning to get a DO for the egg, is that a 5 gt.?

tarheelmatt

SteveWPBFL said:

Bowser! Did you impart any smoke to it as well? What did you do with the drippings that many of us otherwise let fall to the drip pan? Looks amazing!

@SteveWPBFL I didn't add any smoking wood at all.  Just lump.  I could not really notice any smoke flavor.  If it was, it was very faint.  The drippings were just kept in the pot and added flavor to the veggies.  At the end, about 30min before, I poured about a 3/4 cup white wine to add layer in more flavor.  The flavor was great and rich.  Not fall off the bone, but not tough.  Wasn't going for fall off the bone.  

tarheelmatt

johnmitchell said:

Looks awesome..Nice twist and change from the usual pork cooks we do..Looks damn good from here..I will be interested on your take.

@Johnmitchell it was a great cook and one I will keep doing.  I really loved the glaze and the flavor dimension it gave the pork along with the veggies and the white wine at the end.  I give this my seal of approval.  

Forgot to mention, I added some rosemary to the pork too along with salt and pepper.  

tarheelmatt

Dawnl said:

That looks awesome!  Have been meaning to get a DO for the egg, is that a 5 gt.?

@Dawnl it is a 5 qt. Lodge brand. 

SmokeyPitt

That looks great!  One of these days I want to try something with pork shoulder besides making pulled pork! 

jaydub58

Right, @SmokeyPitt, I do love pulled pork, but a nice shoulder roast makes for a great dinner.

cazzy

Okay Matt. That looked freaking great!

Question though, you didn't add any smoke, so did you think about doing this on your stove top? I personally enjoy cooking things on the stove top as I love making the house smell amazing. Lol. Not to mention, it's much easier.

SGH

Looks like a slam dunk to me! I like that pot you have there as well. Solid cook!

Roadpuke0

Nice and tasty looking.have to remember that one for those winter days coming soon.

tarheelmatt

cazzy said:

Okay Matt. That looked freaking great! Question though, you didn't add any smoke, so did you think about doing this on your stove top? I personally enjoy cooking things on the stove top as I love making the house smell amazing. Lol. Not to mention, it's much easier.

@cazzy, thank you!  

Wasn't a thought to use the oven for a few reasons.  Though I didn't add wood for smoke, the lump does induce some smoke too, which is what I was after.  Though, I really didn't taste any noticeable smoke flavor profiles.  Second, what I do like is I don't have to heat the house up with the oven on.  I, like you do what is best and that does not always mean the egg.  

SGH

Question my friend. Did you eat the whole thing in one sitting? I'm quite certain that I could have.

tarheelmatt

@SGH, haha, actually I didn't.  We ate off that for two nights.  

SGH

@tarheelmatt‌
You have let me down my friend. Just kidding brother. But I could have honestly ate that in one sitting. Easily my friend. It sure looks good!!

tarheelmatt

@SGH I am sorry.  I am a pretty good sized boy (6'2" and 300lbs) and I think you could out eat me for sure!  

SGH

@tarheelmatt‌
I speak the truth my friend when I say that I can eat. Maybe we can meet someday and throw down together my friend. Would be my honor to put on a eating demonstration for you.

Dillonjm

That looks amazing.. I will definitely be trying this one day. My list is getting longer and longer it seems

tarheelmatt

@SGH I would love to break bread with you sometime buddy.  I know for sure you can out do me in that category!   

@Dillonjm, those list just keep getting larger and I feel I never get caught up on the list either.  

SGH

@tarheelmatt‌
If you ever find yourself on the MS gulf coast be sure to give me a shout. We will pull into the Half Shell Oyster house and clean them out of grilled oysters. My treat my friend.